Sunil Chhetri's Emotional Online Appeal To Fans Was The Most Cared For Tweet In India This Year

It's that time of year again and, with 2019 just around the corner, Twitter has released statistics on what Indians cared about most this year on the social media platform. Thankfully, this year was mostly positive for us online, as evidenced by the top lists published.

For one, the crown of most retweeted went to India's national football team captain Sunil Chhetri (@chetrisunil11). If you remember, the captain had tweeted out a plea to Indian fans earlier in June, begging us to drop our love for cricket for a day in order to buy tickets to India's storied Intercontinental Cup 2018 finals against Kenya. This was after the team had thrashed Chinese Taipei 5-0 with only empty stands as an audience.

The move worked, as Indians ended up retweeting the video more than 60,000 times, and even buying up all available tickets to go out and support the boys. They weren't disappointed either, as we cleaned up with a 3-0 victory in Mumbai.

Meanwhile, the most liked tweet in India was from a more expected source. Virat Kohli's (@imVkohli) tweet featuring a picture of him with Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) on Karvachauth won hearts and garnered over 2,15,000 likes

As far as hashtags go however, regional content gained more traction in 2018, with entries from South Indian films and cricket teams as well as TV.

For the most influential hashtags (where Indians went first to get answers or share their opinions around the bigg. est conversations in 2018), the list changed only slightly. But aside from politics, people were also keen to discuss the love story of Deepika and Ranveer, as well as the Indian athletes and the Asian Games.

It's no surprise however that Narendra Modi was the most talked-about Twitter account in India this past year. And though he was accompanied by other prominent politicians, major Bollywood stars also made the cut.